The Criterion Channel vs Disney+

The Criterion Channel

The Criterion Collection, Inc.
App Store
$148.3K/mo
~$1.78M/yr · 1.4M installs
VS

Disney+

Disney
Google Play
$3.18M/mo
~$38.16M/yr · 560.7M installs
Revenue winner Disney+ wins +2045% vs other
Installs winner Disney+ wins +38998% vs other
MAU winner Disney+ wins +5140% vs other
Rating winner The Criterion Channel wins +11% vs other

Why Disney+ is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Disney+ earns roughly 21× more per month than The Criterion Channel - $3.18M vs $148.3K.
  2. Bigger install base. Disney+ has ~560.7M lifetime installs vs The Criterion Channel's ~1.4M - 391.0× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

The Criterion Channel
vs
Disney+
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$148.3K
$3.18M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.78M
$38.16M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4M
560.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
417K
21.9M
App Store rating
4.78★
4.31★
Total ratings
13K
5.0M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
0 tiers

The Criterion Channel

The Criterion Collection, Inc.
App Store
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Apr 8, 2019
Last updated
Jan 8, 2026
File size
65.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
10.000.1
Languages
English
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Disney+

Disney
Google Play
Category
Entertainment
Price
Free
Released
Nov 8, 2019
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
26.6.0+rc5-2026.04.21
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, The Criterion Channel or Disney+? v
Disney+ earns about $3.18M per month, while The Criterion Channel earns about $148.3K. That is a 21.4× revenue gap (~$3.03M more per month for Disney+). Annual revenue: The Criterion Channel ≈ $1.78M/year, Disney+ ≈ $38.16M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Criterion Channel or Disney+? v
Disney+ leads with about 560.7M estimated downloads vs 1.4M for The Criterion Channel - a 391.0× gap. The Criterion Channel's App Store downloads are estimated from 13K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Disney+ reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are The Criterion Channel and Disney+ in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do The Criterion Channel and Disney+ offer? v
The Criterion Channel: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Disney+: IAP range $11.99 - $999.99 per item. The Criterion Channel runs a "Subscription (~$10.99/mo)" monetization model; Disney+ runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Criterion Channel or Disney+? v
The Criterion Channel edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: The Criterion Channel 13K ratings, Disney+ 189K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Criterion Channel vs Disney+ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $148.3K for The Criterion Channel and $3.18M for Disney+ are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare The Criterion Channel or Disney+ to a different App Store app? v
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